WEBVTT WMUR'S GOT ACCESS TO THE PROGRAMTHAT MANY ARE CALLING A SUCCESS.REPORTER: THEY HAVEN'T LIVED THE SAME LIVES MOST AMERICANS HAVE.HERE IN THE SPRING STREET COURTHOUSE IN NASHUA, THEY'RE NOT TREATED THE SAME EITHER.NEWS 9 CAMERAS WERE INVITED TO THE COURT WHERE THE VETERANS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRACK CONVENIENCE EVERY THURSDAY.VETERANS NEW TO THE SYSTEM WHO ARE READY TO START A TREATMENT PROGRAM COME HERE AS WELL AS THOSE WITH ONGOING CASES.THE PRESIDING JUDGE, JAMES LEERY, HAS WATCHED MEN AND WOMENTAKE THIS PATH SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2014.>> THIS YOUNG MAN IN HIS MID 20'S WAS IN HERE ONE DAY, SERVED -- WAS DEPLOYED TWICE OVERSEAS, ONCE IN IRAQ, ONCE IN AFGHANISTAN, MARINES.REPORTER: HE WAS IN COURT FOR HAVING HEROIN IN THE CAR WITH HIS CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT.>> I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU?AND HE LOOKED AT ME, AGAIN, VISUALIZE THIS BIG STRAPPING MARINE THERE WITH THE CREWCUT, HIS TEARS START ROLLING DOWN HISEYES AND HE SAYS I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM.REPORTER: THAT'S THE CASE WITH MANY VETERANS COMING HOME FROM DEPLOYMENT, LEAVING THE WORLD THEY KNEW AS A CIVILIAN ONLY TO COME BACK AFTER LIVING THROUGH TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES.>> THEY'RE BROUGHT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.THEY'RE BROUGHT BACK AND TOLD TOLIVE A NORMAL CIVILIAN LIFE AGAIN.REPORTER: FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO ROAD RAGE, THOSE INVOLVED SAY ALMOST ALL OF IT CAN BE LINKED BACK TO POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.>> THIS HAS CAUSED US TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THE KINDS OF BEHAVIORS THEY WERE ENGAGED IN AND TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND.ROIRN DIANE WORKS WITH THE V.A. IN MANCHESTER AND WITH THE COURT.SHE AND OTHERS INVOLVED STRESS THIS IS NOT A FREE PASS.>> IT IS NOT A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD.IT'S MORE INTENSIVE.REPORTER: JOSEPH IS A VETERAN AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT GOT THE PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND.>> THE IDEA IS THAT THERE ARE NOCRIMES THAT WOULD BE EXCLUDED.HOWEVER, THE IMPORTANT PROVISIONIS THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THIS PARTNERSHIP WOULD HAVE TO BE IN AGREEMENT.REPORTER: TURNING BACK TO THAT MARINE JUDGE LEERY TOLD US ABOUT, HE IS ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.>> HE IS VERY SUCCESSFUL.MY HOPE FOR THE VETERANS IS THATWE AS A SOCIETY, AS A JUDICIAL SYSTEM RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO US, THE SERVICE THEYPROVIDED AND THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE THEM A